War Powers: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, Volume 4 |
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... given away its authority - not only by default and acts of omission -- but even more importantly in an endless ... given a special position in foreign affairs , while the House is given precedence in appropriations . The war powers ...
... given away its authority - not only by default and acts of omission -- but even more importantly in an endless ... given a special position in foreign affairs , while the House is given precedence in appropriations . The war powers ...
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... given concrete and explicitly legislative expression ; ( b ) emergency authority of the President ( also expressed as a declarative sentence in the House bill ) is delineated legislatively in section 3 of the Senate bill ; and ( c ) ...
... given concrete and explicitly legislative expression ; ( b ) emergency authority of the President ( also expressed as a declarative sentence in the House bill ) is delineated legislatively in section 3 of the Senate bill ; and ( c ) ...
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... given specific legislative expres- sion in section 3 ( 4 ) of the Senate bill . The Senate War Powers Act ( S. 440 ) is a bill to end the practice of Presidential war . It is an effort to learn from the lessons of the last tragic decade ...
... given specific legislative expres- sion in section 3 ( 4 ) of the Senate bill . The Senate War Powers Act ( S. 440 ) is a bill to end the practice of Presidential war . It is an effort to learn from the lessons of the last tragic decade ...
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... given circumstance . This is the challenge that must be met by the Congress . If this challenge is not met suc- cessfully by the Congress , I do not see how it can prevent the further erosion of its powers and jeopardize freedom itself ...
... given circumstance . This is the challenge that must be met by the Congress . If this challenge is not met suc- cessfully by the Congress , I do not see how it can prevent the further erosion of its powers and jeopardize freedom itself ...
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... given situations , expiring at the end of 30 days , and , under our bill , requiring affirmative action by the Congress to entitle him to go for- ward in the absence of affirmative congressional action he loses authority to continue ...
... given situations , expiring at the end of 30 days , and , under our bill , requiring affirmative action by the Congress to entitle him to go for- ward in the absence of affirmative congressional action he loses authority to continue ...
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Page 41 - Measures taken by Members in the exercise of this right of self-defense shall be immediately reported to the Security Council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Council under the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore international peace and security.
Page 51 - Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.
Page 53 - Each Party recognizes that aggression by means of armed attack in the treaty area against any of the Parties or against any State or territory which the Parties by unanimous agreement may hereafter designate, would endanger its own peace and safety, and agrees that it will in that event act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes.
Page 437 - The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
Page 98 - In the absence of a declaration of war, in any case in which United States Armed Forces are introduced— (1) into hostilities or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances...
Page 67 - The President is to be commanderin-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first general and admiral of the Confederacy...
Page 44 - Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.
Page 430 - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Page 423 - Great cases like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not. by reas'on of their real importance in shaping the law of the future, but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment.
Page 41 - The Organization shall ensure that states which are not Members of the United Nations act in accordance with these Principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security.